Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageants and Campus Life
- ISBN-10
- 0199842787
- ISBN-13
- 9780199842780
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-05-31
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Author
- Karen W. Tice
Description
Higher education is an unlikely venue for showcasing ideals of femininity, yet campus beauty pageants have increased in popularity in a cultural marketplace conjoining personal empowerment with beauty and style. Karen Tice examines the desires and racial and political agendas that propel students onto collegiate catwalks.
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- 2012-04-17
- 246 pages
- Paperback
- OUP USA
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- 2012-03-09
- 264 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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